Golf Courses In The Woodlands, Texas

There are seven golf courses located throughout The Woodlands, offering golfers of all skill levels the opportunity to play a wide variety of challenging links. These courses are also home to several annual golf tournaments held throughout the year. The courses are listed based on distance from The Woodlands Town Center. Click on the course name to view more information on the course, including course construction, greens fees and tournaments.

A golf course consists of a series of holes, each hole consisting of a teeing area for the first shot, a long fairway, a rough area and other hazards, ending with a green surrounding the pin and the cup. A round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, which is the typical size. Some Golf Courses however, only have nine holes and the course is played twice per round, while others have either 27 holes or 36 holes with the players choosing some combination of groups of nine holes at a time for novelty and sometimes due to maintenance reasons. For other than municipal courses, there is usually a golf club based at each golf course.
A links golf course, sometimes referred to as a seaside links or golf links is the oldest style of golf course. The links golf course was first developed in Scotland and is typically, though not all, are located in coastal areas, on sandy soil, often amid dunes, with few water hazards and few if any trees.